生け花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	花
い(け) Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
生花活け花活花挿花 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 生け (ike, “making something come alive”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 生ける (ikeru, “to make something live”)) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”).^[1]^[2]^[3] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いけばな [ìkéꜜbànà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ike̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

生(い)け花(ばな) • (ikebana)

flower arrangement, →ikebana
the discipline of flower arrangement, as something to be studied and practiced
Synonym: 華道 (kadō)

Hyponyms

瓶(へい)花(か) (heika)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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